Intimacy is one
of the most elementary human needs. Its shortage deteriorates, its wealth
nourishes human soul. One of the most beautiful expression of intimacy is when
two people embrace each other. This wonderful human gesture is a store of great
secrets. What are the secrets of embrace? Embrace has a smaller and a greater
secret.
The Small Secret of Embrace
The small secret
of embrace is that it has a wide range of positive physiological and
psychological effects. For instance, it increases trust and confidence, it
reduces anxiety, fear, and pain, and alleviates the aftermath of stress.
An embrace means closeness and warmth in human relations, it is the most
intimate expression of love.
An embrace reinforces connections, it affords a sense
of safety and improves the intensity of two people’s sense of belonging
together. An embrace is a form of communication, with it we may express things
that we are not able to put into words.
An
embrace provides us with the an exceptionally intensive sense of belonging to
another person. It is not possible to generate the same emotion in any other
way. An
embrace tranquilizes the soul and, for a few moments, is able to make us forget
the things and problems around us.
An Embrace as a Gateway
In an embrace, our whole body is permeated by currents of energy, giving
us a fine, pleasant feeling. This energy is love.
In the embrace, in this current of
love, a gateway opens up. Through the gate, some of our original state of
existence shines through. This is the great secret of embrace.
Our original
state of existence is a state in which Consciousness is not identified with
forms and shapes. This state of theConsciousness is Life itself, the state of Oneness, and empty space filled up
completely with the vibrating energy of love that encompasses everything else.
In our present
state of Consciousness we identify with the forms and shapes, and thus we are
separated from the Oneness. In that state, most of us have forgotten our
original state of existence. Nowadays, the majority of people consider the Ego,
that small, detached Self, as reality. That is the consequence of our
identification with the world of forms and shapes.
An embrace is,
however, able to dissolve our identification with the forms and shapes, we open
up for the other person, we become receptive, and the Ego disappears. The
stream of our thoughts stops, and only the present moment exists for us. Then,
at that moment of alertness, we receive something from the immense, universal
current of love coming to us through the gate that has opened up for us. Consciousness
may wake up to its own existence, it may escape from the spell of
identification with the forms and shapes.
That is why it
is useful to make use of the gateway opened up by an embrace as frequently as
possible in our daily life. A hug to you all!
~From the book: Frank
M. Wanderer: The
Revolution of Consciousness: Deconditioning the Programmed Mind
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Frank M. Wanderer Ph.D is a professor of psychology, a consciousness researcher and writer.
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